If you go metric you’ll sound even bigger as 172 is bigger than 5.something. But to answer your question, it’ll only work until people meet you as 8”/20 cm is quite the difference and they will notice. Plus you’ll get the added benefit of being untrustworthy because you’ll lie about such a basic and easy verifiable fact.
They aren’t their children, therefore they don’t care.
It is about control.
Fake news! Australia isn’t even real.
They have already been named in other comments. you’re a grownup, you could probably read them yourself.
Then use an actual private browser and not some techbro cryptobrowser.
I was prepared for this to be a story about how we used to compare who could finger a fish the deepest and the winner got to mate with the girl and now I’m kinda sad but also really relieved.
But that would target all the people in power.
But you’re not trump are you?